by Cassandra Rose Clarke
When I first read the description of this book I thought of Data from Star Trek TNG. You know the episode. The one where Data gets a girlfriend. But this is very different. When we first meet Finn he is introduced as Cat's tutor. She literally grows up with him. When she is older, her parents force ...
**Some material in this novel may only be suitable for ages 17+ due to sexual content.**What is it about this author's books that makes me impatient to click that button and request them, only to feel hesitant and lukewarm toward them when it comes time to actually read them? Clarke had already pro...
3.5 starsI absolutely loved Cassandra Rose Clarke’s debut novel The Assassin’s Curse, that when I saw a couple of friends mentioning The Mad Scientist’s Daughter I knew I had to request a copy. I know look at me branching out of my contemporary comfort zone. If someone told me this time last year th...
Not often am I glad to find myself mistaken in my assumptions; I’d assumed, having read this author’s debut, that this would run along the same lines as that: you know, a different sort of YA? And for some reason I’d also assumed it would be some sort of retelling. I was wrong on both counts. I didn...
I’ve enjoyed all that I’ve read from Angry Robot so far and this one, a little weird and caught me by surprise but was still worth the read. That’s what spec-fic is all about though, isn’t it!The story began when Cat was just a little girl and her parents brought a ‘special android’ to tutor her ra...
Note: I received an electronic ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley.I had read a few reviews before taking this book on, so I knew it wasn't going to be as breakneak pace, madcap fun as the author's debut, the YA novel [b:The Assassin's Curse|13533650|The Assassin's Curse (The Assa...